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WEA (U. 8. Weather Rain tonight and probably tomorrow morning; cooler tomorrow. Temperature—H! today: lowest, 62, Full raport on p':ge 9. New York Stock M 30,479. post . office, RUTH ELDER SEEN FLYNG 0 PARIS IN AMERICAN GIRL Good Weather Encountered | Thus Far Expected to Turn| Stormy at 8 0’Clock To- night Over Wide Area. EXPECTED TO REACH LE BOUGET IN MORNING | Haldeman, Co-Pilot, and Florida Aviatrix May Set New Record | for Longest Over-Water Flight Ever Made—Carrying Gas for 4,400-Mile Hop. Log of American Girl By the Associated Press. October 11: 504 p.m. eastern standard time, hopped from Roosevelt Field for Paris. 10:45 p.m., eastern standard time, s|zht!d at_sea about 400 miles east of New York by steamer American Banker. — By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Octoher 12—Well| on their way to Paris, if no unre- ported mishap had befallen them,| Ruth Elder and Capt. George Halde- man were flying through sunny skies | today over ocean waters never yet crossed in an airplane by a woman. The Florida aviatrix and her co- pilot took off from Roosevelt Field | t 5:04 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and were sighted at 10:45 last night by the steamer American Banker. After that the night and the morn- img passed without further word of their progress. i The steamer said the weather was | ¢lear and favoring winds were help- | ing the girl and her flying escort on | their way. The plane’s position when sighted was estimated to be about 400 miles due east of New York, though Dr. Kimball of the Weather Bureau said it might be-as much us: 450 miles. In order to achieve her ambition of being the first woman to cross the At- lantic in a plane, Miss Elder and Haldeman, Dr. Kimball said, would have to pass through a severe storm area which they would probably strike about 8 o'clock tonight. Up to that time, however, he predicted they would have almost ideal flying condi- | tions. Due Tomorrow Morning. The fiyers expected to arrive at Le Bourget Field, Paris, about 7 o'clock Thursday morning, Eastern Standard time, or Thursday noon, Paris time. “According to the report of the steamer American Banker, which sighted the plane last night,” Kim- ball aid, “the course is being laid slightly to the south of the regular steamer lanes. “By holding ‘the course they were on when sighted the fiyers should have been southeast of the Grand Banks at 8 o'clock this morning. During the day they should have fair weather th favorable winds, but around 8| m. they will meet the real test.” ‘The storm area through which the plane must pass to gain its objective was described as about 700 miles in width. The storm consisted of high wvinds and accompanying fog, result- ing in very low visibility. May Take 38 Hours. The Florida aviatrix, who said she was relying upon God and the prayers of her mother for a successful termina- tion of the venture, expected to reach their goal in 38 to 42 hours. A hop in 38 hours would put them in Paris t 7:04 am. Thursday, Eastern stand- ard time. or 12:04 p.m. Thursday, Paris time. The flyers were following a course (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) REVENUE OFFICIAL NAMED IN ‘GIFT’ CASE Pittsburgh Deputy Collector Ac- cused of Offering Candidate $50,000 to Quit Race. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa Walter L. Dempsey, a deputy collec- " tor of internal revenue here, was named today by County Controller C. € McGovern as the man who offered him $50,000 to quit the race for com- | missioner of Allegheny as an inde pendent in the November election. Mc Govern named Dempsey after County | Commissioners E. V. Babcock and Jo- | seph Armstrong had demanded that it be made public. Former State Senator C. M. Barr, | McGovern's campaign manager, in an address yesterday told of the offer and said that many witnesses heard it by means of a dictaphone. First he was offered $25,000 10 leave the field, then $50,000 and finally $100,000 and a State political position, McGovern said. Defeated for the Republican nomi- nation for controller, McGovern, a Pinchot appointee, entered the com- mission race as an independent. Dur- ing the campaign he charged the busi- ness of the county was being con- ducted loosely; that election pay rolls were maintained, and that many ir- regularities existed. Called before D. B. Heiner, collector of internal revenue for the Pittsbargh district, Dempsey made a flat denial that he ever made such an offer as charged by McGovern and Barr. He said he was in McGovern's office on September 26, the day they say the offer was made, but declared he was there only a few minutes, not by pre- October 12.— | forces driving on Peking | repulsed. THER. Bureau Forecast.) , at moon am. today. | lkhe~( arket Closed Todly Entered a3 second class matter Washington, D. @ WASHING 'J'OJ. HEART OF OCEAN CITY IN RUINS AS RESULT OF $4.000000 FIRE 400 MILES AT SEA'Nutional Guardemen Baeral New Jerses’ GENERALS STRIVE Seaside Resort to After Great Conflagration. Br the Associated Press, OCEAN CITY, N. J., October 12.— Swept by fire, the heart of this South | Jersey seaside resort today was a mass of ruins. Driven by a bri: ocean breeze, the blaze, which started at 7 o'clock last | night in the Unger Arcade Building | at Ninth street and the Boardwalk, iped out appro: 50 buildings, including hotels, s, shops and theaters, before it was brought under ~ontrol four hours later. Many others were damaged. Mayor Joseph G. Champlon estimated the damage at | close to $4,000,000, The Boardwalk between Seventh | and Tenth streets was almost destroy- | ed. The Arcadia Cafe, the Hippo- | drome, a pler and amusement center, everal motion picture houses and a | core of shops and other business | Prevent Looting ’ | | - i were burned | ad inland. were of places along the walk before the flames spr Nearly all the buildings | frame construction and were quickly | An explosion of gasoline ge was held re- d ot the flames | tion on | consumed, in a boardwalk g sponsible for the spr to the cottage and hotel s Wesley, Atlantic and Ocean avenues The too, the structures were mostly frame, and for a time it was | feared dynamite would have to be| used to check the fire. I Among the larger hotels destroyed were the Normandie-by-the-Sea, which contained 1,000 rooms and was valued | at_8$#0.000, and the Fraymore. every structure from | boardwalk to~ Wesley avenue, three | blocks inland, between Eighth and | | Tenth streets, was either destroyed or damaged. Among the private homes burned were those of Mayor Cham | n_: and l T R, 'I')\l\ (Continued on Page { the | ze 4, Column 4.) 1‘ HORDE OF MONGOLS FEARED BY PEKING 15,000 Wild Horsemen Who Saved City This Week | Terrorize Old City. By the Associated Press. 1 PEKING, October 12.—News that a | horde of 15,000 Mongol cavalry had | come close enough to Peking this| weelc to help stave off the Shansi| army’s advance sent shivers of appre- | hension through the capital. The Mongols, heirs of a mighty past, are wild nomads from the windswept wastes of the Gobi Desert and the Mon- golian steppes. They are reputed to be the cruelest and most ferocious fighters in all of Asia, and although they plaved a part in keeping the| Manchurian war lord, Chang Tso-Lin, | in power here, it would be at heav cost if they entered the Chinese civil | war in earnest. | Hold to Savage Tactics. - | Their savage ftactics are little | changed from centuries ago, when | the great Mongolian chief, Genghis Khan, overran Asia and half of Europe, creating an ephemeral empire stretching from the frontiers of France to India and Cathay. The Mongols know little or nothing ahout the dilatory chesslike maneu- vering of the modern Chinese troops. Liviog on horseback, they ride, fight and look like the American Indians of Custer's day. In the latter part of the World War they worried the American forces in Siberia, when Ataman Semenoff en- listed them under his banner and made a futile gesture of establishing | a Mongolian empire. Aided Forces of Chang. Their part in the latest chapter of Chinese warfare was to sweep south toward Kalgan from Dolon-Nor and thus create a diversion in favor of Chang Tso-Lin, whose grip on North- ern China seemed threatened when Men Hsi-Shan, the “model Tuchun” (military governor) of Shansl Province, took to the warpath against him. The nomads were acting under the orders of the Governor of Heilunkiang. Their sally apparently contributed to Chang Tso-Lin’s success. Hope is ex- pressed here that the governor will be able to take his desert horsemen back into the vastness of eastern Mon- goila and not let them continue south- ward. The Great Wall of China was built as a protection against the ferocious Mongols, but in past ages the horse- men from the North succeeded in planting sovereigns on the throne of Peking. CHANG VICTORY SEEN. LONDON, October 12 (#).—Some of the severest fighting of China’s pro- longed civil warfare has been seen around Peking in the last few days, according to dispatches received here, which say there have been casualties and captures on a large scale in sharp conflicts between the Ankuochun army and Shansi Province forces. The fighting is reported to have resulted markedly in favor of Mar- shal Chang Tso-Lin's troops. Chang now is stated to be strong position on all fronts, prospects of final victory. WAR REPORTS CONFLICT. in a with TOKIO, October 12 (#).—Reports of the results of the fighting in China today were generally conflicting. Ad- vices to the Rengo, Japanese news agency, indicated that Marshal Chang Tso-Lin had taken the offensive on all fronts, but that the fighting up to the present had been indecisive. Chang’s reported capture of Shih- chiachwang (Chentow), south of Pao- tingfu, is mnot confirmed, but is believed to be imminent. The vari- ous advices concur in stating that the attacks of the S“ansi Province have been | tion was put, but the affirmative was WHOLESOME' BEER INDORSED BY LABOR ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION b. BEATENMEXICAN C, TOFLEE COUNTRY Safety Aboard Fishing Boat| Believed Object of Flight Toward Coast. |CALLES MEN CONTINYE PURSUIT IN MOUNTAINS Rebel Groups All Said to Have Been Scattered—Trains Under Heavy Guards. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, October ued through the wild country of western Vera |rebel generals Arnulfo Gomez and| n.umr Almada today were believed | to be attempting to reach the coast, | where passage in a fishing boat or | other small craft would put them be- vond the reach of the government. Hot on thelr trail were scouting | parties of federal troops under com- {mand of Gen. Gonzalo Escobar, “hn on Monday reported that he had dis- 12.—Pur- mountain “ruz, the s WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, | persed the rebel forces and captured | Federation Urges Modifica-‘ tion of Dry Law and Ban i on Injunctions. ‘ By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, October 12.—The | American Federation of Labor’s thun- derous cry for “wholesome beer” and | its demand that courts be deprived of | some of their power to use the in- junction against unions remained the liveliest issues before its annual con. | vention here today. A resolution favoring modification of the Volstead act to permit the sale and manufacture of “wholesome beer,” defined as containing uer cent alcohol, brought a thunder of * 8" rom delegates yesterday. There was a scattering of “nays” when the ques: overwhelming. Prolonged applause followed the ting and President William Green xpressed the wish that labor men would vote as loud and as strong on other resolutions. Court Ruling Protested. The resolution concurred in the federation executive council's recom- mendation for this liberalizing of the prohibition law. News of the signing by Federal Judge F. 2. Schoonmaker in Pitts- burgh of the decree making effective the sweeping court injunction against the United Mine Workers brought a barrage of protest from labor lead- ers assembled here for the convention. The news of the signing of the decree came almost at the moment when the convention was passing a resolution calling for amendment or modification of the Sherman anti-trust law in order that it might not interfere with or- ganized labor. The vote follow: hours of oratory, during which tl use of court injunctions in labor dis- putes was under a steady fire of speakers. President Green acted as spokesman for the union leaders in denouncing the Pennsylvania injunction as a “further step of encroachment in the use of the injunction upon the rights and activities of the trade unions.” Holds Rights Destroyed. “Judge Schoonmaker has fulfilled the tendencies of the courts to broaden the use of injunctions in industrial disputes,” Green said. “The right to picket, denied by this injunction, has been regarded as an inherent right. 1 will say that in my opinion the order completely destroys all rights of the United Mine Workers employed in the mines of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation.” The administration of President Green faced its first test of the notably peaceful convention when the question of restriction of Mexican immigration came before the delegates. The resolu- tions committee had recommended ap- proval of the agreement entered into between the representatives of the American Federation and the Mexican Federation of Labor at Washington, D. C., last August. Under this agree- ment the Mexican labor body would ask its government to enact legisla- tion controlling the emigration in con- with the United States im- This brought an attack by both California and Arizona delegates. The Western States obtained unexpected support from the Pennsylvania dele- gates of the United Mine Workers. The opponents of the agreement de- manded that Mexico be placed under the quota rule as applied to other nations. The Washington agreement was approved, 135 to 32, when it came to a vote. . Robinsons Honored in Peru. LIMA, Peru, October 12 (#).—Sen- ator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas and Mre. Robinson were received by President Leguia shortly after their arrival here on the steamer Ebro from Santiago, Chile. Senator Robinson at- tended the recent international par- Jiamentary conference on commerce at Rio de Janeiro. By the Associated Pre CHAPEL HILL, N. C.,, October 12, —Assailing the attitude of the mod- ern church and its clergy toward sci- entific research and other matters of modern discussion and study, the Tar Heel, University of North Caro- lina student publication, accuses the ministers of leaning too much toward ‘academic philosophizing or soclal censorship.” Under the heading “Wanted: Longer Heads and Shorter Sermons,” the arti- “If there be any prophets among exalied church officials, can they not find_fields more worthy than aca- demic philosophizing or social cen- sorship?” The article opens with the state- ment that a reliable church secretary has reported that Protestant churches in America are losing members at vious engagement, and that nothing of & serious nature transpired. the rate of 500,000 a year. “We arve reminded,” says the ar- A Longer Heads and Shorter Sermons Needed, Says Carolina Student Paper ticle, “of one lamentable shortcoming among clergymen. Compelled to capitulate more and more to modern thought, they yet lack the grace with which to accept a scientific era and deign not to aid man in the task of wringing benefits from his new learning. “Churchmen ha\e had their heads in the clouds ruminating on a life hereafter with retributive justice. Meanwhile, men living beside them have needed and deserved intelligent, sympathetic attention. What of lead- ership of the pulpit in such matters as vivisection, birth control and capi- tal punishment? “Churches are here to stay,” the article continues, “certainly for many years. But if we are able to ‘appre- clate them, let us understand them. Is it worth while to reverse the pres- ent institutions which have lost their soclalizing value and which contrib- ute so little directly to the solution of §roas human problems?” the main body, leaving Gomez and Almada with only about 100 followers. A dozen small groups, scattered in every direction, were declared by the | government to be all that was left of | which it is stated | Vera Cruz | | the rebel column, never exceeded 1,000 men. dispatches say the main group cap- | |tured by government troops numbered | more than 650 and that all were from |the units which marched out of the Mexico City garrison barracks the night of October 2. Troops Guard All Trains, Those captured were 300 soldiers of the 50th Battalion, seven officers and 200 soldiers of the 48th Battalion and the officers and 150 artillerymen of the 2d regiment. To guard against the activities of bandits, attempting to take advantage of the situation, the government has ordered an adequate escort of Federal soldlers for every freight and pas- senger train. Railw: officials have been instructed to notify the war de- partment of all train movements to facilitate the posting of these guards. Taking cognizance of reports that the government had manufactured a case of treason against Gomez and Gen. Francisco Serrano, who was re- cently executed, President Calles has |issued a statement tracing the history of the movement. He declares he was aware as early as August that the revolt was being plantvd:-that he sought to dissuade Gen, Serrano from the attempt and that he refrained from action only be- cause of his hope that the plotters would abandon their enterprise. “In compliance with their duty,” he said, “numerous army commanders who were invited to rebel informed me | thereof, which, with the secret service, afforded me from the beginning full knowledge of the conspiracy. Calls Serrano Witless. “Any doubt that might have lin- | gered in my mind vanished when Ser- rano himself, out of his wits, went so far as to ask me to consent to an at- tempt to overthrow the legislative power in the preparatory sitting pre- vious to the opening of Congress. * * * “In consideration for the state -of the public mind, excited by the elec tion campaign of the presidential can- didates who became rebels, I forebore with endless tolerance, aiming at proving unreservedly my earnest im- partiality in the political struggle, and with a desire of giving citizens of revolutionary inclination opportunity to return to the field of democratic campaigning. “I made an attempt to dissuade | Serrano from his foolish purpose. A week before the opening of Congress | T issued a statement expressing my full confidence in the army and high esteem of its commanders, which esteem was not diminished by reports that some of them . contemplated treason. “For the purpose of re-establishing self-confidence among the command- ers who might have been considering rebelling or felt unsafe because of guilty consciences, I declared that I, as President, bound myself as guar- antor of all commanders of the army, even those who had not been most constantly and unjustly offended with public suspicion. Rebels Kept in Posts. “As a further demonstration of my purpose to safeguard the military decorum of those who at present are leading the revolt, which has failed, I took no steps to deprive of their com- mands officers who since then became pledged to the rebellion. “It would have been easy, as Presi- dent, to modify the composition of the garrison of Mexico City, the seat of the government, but I allowed the doubtful elements to retain their com- (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) FOUR DIE, SCORE HURT IN ARKANSAS STORM Homes and Business Buildings Wrecked as Tornado Sweeps Through Town. — By the Assaciated Pre BLYTHEVILLE, Ark.,, October 12. —Four persons were Kkilled and a score injured in a tornado, which whipped through the. village of Dell, 11 miles west of Blytheville, late last night and smashed a number of tenant houses near the Tom Martin plantation. The dead, all residents of Dell, were a Mr. Harbin, his sister-in-law, Mrs, 'F. T. Harben; J. P. Winn, a jus- tice of the peace, and Mrs. Winn. Fifteen injured, 12 of them white persons, were brought to Blytheville hospitals today. Dell has about 200 population. Abodt 20 buildings there, including the Phoenix Cotton Gin, were wrecked. About 10 dwellings on the outskirts of Blytheville also were damaged by the storm and two negroes injured. On the Tom Martin plantation the property damage was said to have been confined to outbuildings and the cabins of negro plantation workers. R:dxo Prozum—Plge ¢4 .0 ing Star. 1927—FORTY PAGES. OCTOB]ZR 12, 1927. ‘'WORLD'S LARGEST AIRPORT TO BE DEDICATED TODAY erght Field, at Dayton. Ohio, Marks Spot Where Noted Brothers Carried on Airplane Development. By the Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, October 12.—Dedi- cation of Wright Field the world’s largest airport, which has been built on almost the identical spot where the Wright Brothers built their first airplane a quarter of a century ago, brought high Government executives | and aviation authorities to Dayton to- day. Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis, Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief-of the United States Army Air Corps, and others prominent in governmental, military aviation and commercial fiy- ing eircles were here to participate in the ceremonies. A strange mixture of sentiment and ousiness established Wright Field here. The story goes back 25 years, when Wilbur and Orville Wright, Dayton bicycle repairmen and sons of a min- ister, constructed first their gliders and then a crude airplane, and housed SHORT CONVICTED INDEATH OF GIRL Second-Degree Murder Ver-l dict Carries Penalty of 20 Years in Prison. | Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., October 12.—For the murder of Essie Buracker, 19 years old, who was shot down in her home two weeks ago, Thomas Short was convicted today, a jury after all-night deliberation returning a second-degree verdict, which calls for a maximum of 20 years' imprisonment. Short had testified that he was sub- ject to epileptic fits and for 10 days prior to the tragedy was drunk. “If I killed her I don't know it,” he said. He then explained that he did not flee, but went to Ingham the evening of the tragedy, and upon learning of the murder decided to remain in hiding until the posse hunt was over, follow- ing which he went to Luray and sur- rendered. Letters Tell of Love. Twelve letters from the girl to Short, whose wife died more than a year ago, leaving him with seven t‘hlldren were read by his attorney at the trial yesterday, most of them vow- ing love and speaking of their ap- proaching marriage. Sev.ral of Short’s letters to Miss Burticker also were read. strengthening the defense plea that he loved the girl and in- tended to marry her. Testimony that a_face at the win- dow, recognied as that of Short, was seen by a member of the family a moment before the shot -was fired which plerced the girl's head, wa countered with testimony by the di fendant that, as far as he knew, he was at Ingham at the time of the shooting. Deadlock. Bertram, presiding cuit Court, where ordered the Jury in Judge Hiram V in Page County Ci uw trial began Monday, jury locked up 1 ported it couldn’t reach a verdict. The balloting stood 11 to 1 for a second ! degree verdict, it was sald. ‘After admonishing the jury on the importance of secrecy and the clear- cut duty before it, Judge Ber- tram said he would hear another re- port this morning. At 9 o'clock the jurors filed in, having spent the night under close Kuard and then retired, to resume balloting. It was about 11 o'clock when the verdict was return- ed. Short evinced no emotion when the result was announced. He sat motionless looking at the foreman as the clerk read the small piece of paper upon which the words convicting him were written. His attorneys later expressed satisfaction with the out- come and no appeal notice was given, Within a few days he will begin serv- ing his term, the record for speedy justice being unusual for this county. Kicked Wrong Woman. LONDON, October 12 (fl—hm~ ‘Woodman, a laborer, tenced to eight months’ im for what he called a mistake. Ruth tostified W t night when it re-} {Detroit's Silent Candidate, Official For 25 Years, Is Running for Mayor them in a tumbledown shack which still stands just over the hill from the vast expanse of steel and concrete at Wright Fleld. Scene of Wrights’ Work. Although the Wrights’ first airplane {Right was made at Kittyhawk, N. C., |it was here the two brothers worked | out their problems and watched their |idea_take the shape of reality. ‘When the United States entered the | World War in 1917 the Army found a new weapon in the airplane. Col. E. A. Deeds, then head of a manufac- turing plant in Dayton, was called in to aid the Government. He organ- ized an engineering division to do the technical research necessary to the new science, established laboratories in Dayton and McCook. Field came into being. Here the great minds of n aviation labored to give the Amctrlun air fighters adequate equip- ment. After the war McCook Field con- (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) REED MAKES PLEA FOR UNITED PARTY Urges Democrats to Put Prej- udices Aside and Fight for Individual Rights. By the Associated Press. SEDALIA, Mo., October 12.— |change” in the national administra- |change” in the national administra, tion, Senator James A. Reed of Mis- souri fleclared here today in an ad- dress at the Statewide Democratic rally. The Senator, regarded as a possible candidate for the Democratic nomina- tion for President, outlined his views on the issues of the 1928 presidential campaign and deelared the need today ‘an American administration that thinks only in the terms of America and labors for the interests of our people.” Senator Reed made plain that he spoke only for himself and did not ‘“‘arrogate to myself the right to speak for the Democratic party.” Assails Recent Administrations. He assailed the Harding and Cool- idge administrations, declaring that on the day President Harding took of- fice, “‘sinister-financial conspiracies to intents and purposes took possession of the Government and have ever since exercised a dominant control. The foreign dabt settlements, the tariff, Secretary Mellon of the Treas- ury and corrupt elections all came in for a denunction by the Senator. Pleading for harmony in Demo- cratic ranks, Senator Reed declare “We must put aside matters which are near to the hearts of many. If i everybody tries to have his own way in all things, nobody will have his in anything.” ds, fancies and ovperlmenlal ould_be_d. ded. ¥ i on Page 3, Cowamn 2) (Continu By the Associated Press. DETROIT, October 12.—John C. Lodge, who has held public office here nearly a quarter of & century without ever having campaigned for election, led a seven-cornered fleld by more than 20,000 votes in yesterday’s non- partisan primary election for nomina- tion as mayor. Mayor John W. Smith, seeking re- election on a platform of pronounced liberality toward enforcement of the prohibition laws, was runmner-up to Lodge, and the names of these two will appear on the ballot at the No- ' vember 8 election. Lodge, who resigned as president of city council when his name was on the ballot by ndum: has “The | (#) Means Associated Press. ‘FIRE-PROTECTION D. C. May Seek Congress Au- thority for Modernizing Water System. I Legislation to authorize carrying out of the program for modernization of the water supply system for fire pro- |tection in the congested section of Washington, recommended by a spe- | cial committee appointed by the Com- | missioners, probably will be sought at |the forthcoming session of Congress, it was indicated today at the District Building. After a thorough study of the com- mittee’s recommendations, the Com- missioners have asked J. S. Garland, superintendent of (he ‘Water Depart- ment, for a report as to what extent the replacement of four-inch mains and the installation of inonal fire hydrants can be % the reg- ular appropriation - during the next fiscal year. When this information is furnished, it is proposed to draft a bill to authorize the Commissioners to cai out all of the recommendations of the commit- tee. Program of Improvements. Eight recommendations for improv ments are contained in the commit- tee's program. These include the in- stallation of a 24-in¢h main in B street from Fourteenth to Seventeenth streets and a 12-inch main in this street from Ninth to Fourteenth streets, a 124nch main in Tenth street from Pennsylvania avenue to K street, a 26-inch main in M street from Eleventh street to New Hamp- shire avenue, a 16-inch main in Reser- voir street and Wisconsin avenue from P to Thirty-fourth streets, and a 12- inch main in Georgia avenue from Fairmont street to Park road. The committee also recommended replacement of all four-inch mains used for fire hydrants and elimina- tion of dead ends where practicable and long, unsupported lines of pipe cross connected so that not more than one hydrant will be on a six- inch main between intersecting lines, and not more than two hydrants on an eight-inch main between inter- secting lines and the installation of 400 additonal hydrants. Means $686,350 Outlay. The committee estimated that $686,- 350 would be necessary to make these improvements and thereby remove the necessity of installing a high- pressure water system in the high- value district. This estimate, Dis- trict officials believe, can be reduced if the Water Department uses a por- tion of its regular appropriation in the next fiscal year to carry out certain of the recommendations. FILIPINOS COMING TO U. . Senate Head and Party Plan to Visit President. By Radio to The Star and Chicaxo Daily ews. Copyright, 1927. TO!\IO‘ October 12.—Senate Presi- dent Manuel Quezon and Senator Ser- gio Osmena and their party from Manila will leave for the United States from Yokohama on the steamer Presi- dent Madison tomorrow. They will be entertained at dinner tonight by Mar- quis Tokugawa. Quezon, interviewed, said their visit to Washington is not connected with the Philippine ndependence movement or wth the question of a successor to the late Gov. Gen. Wood. They intend, he said, to consult with President Cool- idge regarding future policies in the islands. Lodge, who is granduncle of Col. Charles Lindbergh, refused to make a campaign on the ground that “the ©offica should seek the man.” Both Smith and Lodge are Repub- licans. The same precincts gave Lodge 48,731 and Smith 28,135. Mr. Lodge, who has served the city in various capacities over a period of more than 20 years, took the stand that citizens were famillar with his record In municipal affairs and that no political spellbinding from him or his friends was necessary to shape the decision of the electorate. He made no campaign promises. Mr. Smith, in discussing the prohi- bition issue, said he was aware of the fact that there are more than 15,000 “blind pln" operating in Detrolt, and declared they would continue to oper- ate as long as public sentiment was favorable to the practice. Anthony Maiullo, another candidate ‘who decried the alleged “open” state of Detroit, received less than 300 votes on the face of returns received. LAWIS PLANNED “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 100,392 TWO CENTS. BACKERS OF NORRIS PREPARE TO ENTER HIM N 17 STATES Action Awaits Arrival of More Nebraskan-for-President Senators. NEED OF FARM RELIEF CALLED BASIS OF BOOM | “Movement Is in No Sense for Third Party,” Says Statement Issued Through Borah. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Norris-for-President boom, already launched by Progressive Re- publicans of the Senate, only awaits the return of other members of that group before springing into active operation in many of the States, it vas learned today. Some of the Pro- ive members of this group are red to enter the name of Sepator of Nebraska in the presiden- tial preferential primarfes in all 17 States where such primaries are held, |including Massachusetts, Ohio and Illinois. In the first formal statement issued by the group, through Senator Borah of Idaho, it was announced yesterday that “no action has been taken, and certainly will not be taken, until a larger attendance is at hand, if at all, as to candidates for President. The feeling, however, of the mem- bers of the conference, individually, is that they would be glad to support Senator Norris in any State in which he would consent to have his name used.” This statement also declared the purpose of the group to fight for legis- lation which is needed by the agri- cultural West. The movement is n no sense for a third party, but to awake the Republican party of the East thoroughly to the fact that the party is a ‘“national party and not an East- ern party. Want “Even Break.” Members of the group, which so far includes Senators Borah, Norris, Brookhart of Iowa, Nye and Frazier of North Dakota, are not in sympathy with the presidential booms of amy of the so-called “big four” Republican presidential possibilities, Lowden, Dawes, Hughes, Hoover. Some of them say that the farm problem of the West cannot be settled by the passage merely of the McNary- Haugen bill, which Mr. Lowden and Vice President Dawes have supported. They contend that freight rates on farm produceé must be lowered, and that the Federal Reserve system must be so amended that the farmers will have at least an even break with the “Wall Street gamblers” in the matter of borrowing money at low rates of interest. Former Gov. Lowden, while he s regarded as “right” on the McNary- | Haugen bill by the Western progres- sives, is not their idea of the man to lead a fight for the reduction of freight rates, contending that much of the Lowden wealth comes from the Pullman Car Co. Nor is Vice Presi- dent Dawes regarded as a leader to whom they might look for such a re- vision of the credit system and the Federal Reserva system as they de- sire. Mr. Hoover and Mr. Hughes they regard as more representative of the industrial East than of the West. Just how the farm organizations, which have boosted Mr. Lowden for President, will feel toward this mnove- ment of the progressive group in the Senate away from Lowden and toward Norris remains to be seen. According to one Senator, however, the farm or- ganizations have been using Mr. Lowden as a weapon against Presi- dent Coolidge, rather than because they were particularly enamored of Mr. Lowden. Senator Curtis Mentioned. It the progressive group cannot have its own candidate, Mr. Norris, there are some members of the group who would be more satisfied with Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas as representative of a great agricultural State than with any of the other pos- sible candidates who have been prom- inently mentioned, it was said today. Senator Curtis will have the Kansas delegation in the national convention and possibly a scattering of delegates from other States. Senator Curtis is the Republican leader of the Senate and would be far more acceptable to Eastern Republicans than would Sen- ator Norris, it is believed. But to_date the progressives are (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) PRESIDENT LEAVES CAPITAL TONIGHT Mrs. Coolidge and Secretary Mel- lon to Accompany Executive on Trip. By the Associated Press. President Coolidge will leave Wash- ington tonight for the first time since returning from the Black Hills of South Dakota, to journey to Pitts- burgh, where he will speak tomor=- row at the Founders' day celebration of Carnegie Institute. The entire day will be given by the President to his visit in the Pennsylvania city, plans calling for his departure late tomorrow night in time to bring him back to the Capi- tal early Friday morning. Secretary Mellon will accompany Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge to Pittsburgh and the &nny will make headquar- ters residence there of the Secretary of the Treasury. Secretary Davis of the Labor Department and Mrs. Davis, who also live at Pitis- burgh, will join the President at the exercises and return with him to Washington. After breakfast at the resi. dence of Mr. Mellon, the President hopes to motor about the city. In the afternoon he will speak at the Carnegie Institute and also attend the International Exhibition of Paint- ings there. At night he will be the guest of trustees of the institute at dinner. Everett Sanders, secretary to the President; Col. Blanton Winship and Capt. Wilson Brown, aides to the President, and Maj. James F. Coupal, tis - physiclan, will be $1B i mt;:fl:m of ol